Music-stand



(No Model.) l

P. HIGBIE.

MUSIC STAND.

1N0. 514,751. Patentedfb. 13,1894.

WITNESSES: ,Q INVENTOH A TTOHN E YS.

' STATES I Famous meals, OF BROO LYN, NEW-YORK.

TE T Cmcn M USlC-STAN;D.-

- srncxnrc'a'rron forming part of Letters" Patent No. simsnuat uFebruary 13, 189}. Application and September 20,1893 8e1ial 1Io 485tQ50.(Remodel) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I Fmcns HIGBIE, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYorlqhave invented anew and useful Improvement in Music-Stands and other Articles, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description. Y

My invention relates to an clamp joints, and it has for its object toprovide a means whereby any horizontal object,

such as a music rest, bracket or table for ex ample, may be adjustablyheld upon an upright support without the assistance of set screws orequivalent devices.

A further object of the invention is to so construct theconnecting'medium between the horizontal and vertical objects, that theformer may be expeditiouslyand conven.

' iently adjusted to any point in the length of the latter, and themoment the-point to which the adjustment is to be made is reached, by

releasing the horizontal music rest, bracket or other object, it willremain stationary upon I the support, and the more weight that is placedupon the horizontally located object the more .closely will the saidobject be bound 7 to its support.

The invention consists in the novel con- 1 'struction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forthandpointed out in the claim.

Reference is time had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters ofreference'iudicate corresponding partsiu allthe views.

trated a support A, which is in the form of a bar, and which may be ofany cross sect ional,

shape. The support A,,maybe properly termed a standard, and the objectshown as supported by the standard is a music rest B; I but. it will beunderstood that any'bracket or equivalent of the music rest maylie-connected 5p with the standard. I The music rest B in the drawingsjsshow-n improvement in as rectangular, but the essential feature of 5 theinvention lies in the connecting medium which vis to unite the rest,bracket or other article with the standard A. "In the presentinstancethe connecting medium consists in a neck or lu'g 10, which-neckor lug is given" "an upward inclination from the rest, and the neckorlng isprovided with. an. opening 11,

opening is wider'at the top than at the bot tom, and the opposite sidewalls of the opening are inclined in opposite directions, as, forexample, what may betermed the-inner side wall a, is inclined from thebottom upward and outward in direction of the body, while the oppositeside walla, is inclined from the bottom upward and outward away from thebody, as is best shown in Fig. 2'. Thus the two lower opposite points inthe bottom portion of the opening 11, would represent the upper andleverage pointdesignated as 12,

and thelo'wer and fulcrum point designated as 13, and these two pointsof contact are in different horizontal planes,'andare adapted to impingeupon opposite sidesof the standard or support.

One of the important features of the inventio'n consists in soconstructing the clamp that it will not, when adjusted, wabble or tipsidewise, but will remain perfectly steady. This is accomplished bycausing the point of leverage to diametrically meet the pointoffulcrum,thu s providingfor a bearingof the arti-- 010 to be supported,all aroundthe support.

It will be readily observed that by tilting the rest B upwardly, thefulcrum point 13 will be carried out of engagement with the standard 'orsupport A, as likewise the leverage point 12, and the rest may becarried up and down the standard or support'to whatever point fancy maydictate or occasion may require. 'The moment, however, that the-rest isreleased and drops to its normal or horizontal position, the leveragepoint 12, will engage with one side of the support or standard, and thefulcrum p'oint13 with an opposite side of the support or standard, andas the two points .are.in dilferent. horizontal planes one willwserve-to counteract the other, as they impinge one below the other atpractically difierent angles np9n the support or standard, and

thereforeith'e greater the weight placed upon the rest the firmer therest will be clamped to its standard or support.

As has heretofore been stated the word music rest is simply used todesignate one article that may be held adjusted upon a vertical support,but any article adapted to 'be held in a horizontal or approximatelyhorizcntal position may be as well supported as a music rest,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- A support and an article to be supported, thelatter being provided with an opening wider at one end than at theother, said opening having its wall inclined, one portion of the wallserving as a point of leverage and the what opposite point as a fulcrumpoint,'the two points being in two different horizontal planes locatedat the same end of the opening and adapted to impinge'on opposite sidesof the support, both the'fulcruui and leverage portions of the wall ofthe opening engaging with about one ha1f of the circumference of thesupport, forming a substantially circular bearing in a horizontaldirection, and whereby the article to be supported may be adjusted uponthe support and held at any desired point in the length of the supportwithout danger of rocking, substantially as shown and described.

' FRANCES HIGBIE. Witnesses:

E. M. CLARK, F. W. HANAFORD.

